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Sunday, 22 January 2012

TONGUES IS NOT FOR BELIEVERS?

Romans 8:27 - Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the
Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of
God.

Wouldn’t you like to pray effective prayers that are always in line
with the will of God and which always hit the mark? Well, when you pray in the
Spirit, you can.

You see, when we pray in
English or our known language, and according to our limited understanding, we
can pray amiss. Sometimes, our heads get in the way and we find ourselves
asking, “Isn’t it selfish of me to pray like this?” or “Am I praying in line
with God’s will?”

My friend, that is why God gives us the gift of praying
in tongues. When we pray in tongues or in the Holy Spirit, we can never pray out
of God’s will because the Holy Spirit “makes intercession for the saints
according to the will of God”.

In other words, we pray perfect prayers in
line with God’s will when we pray in tongues. And the Bible goes on to tell us
that “if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that
He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have
asked of Him”. (1 John 5:14–15)

Isn’t it wonderful that God has put in
you the Holy Spirit who prays perfectly? He knows the heart of God and precisely
what you need. And He makes intercession for you because He loves you very
much.

The Holy Spirit is like your lawyer or legal counselor. He knows
what belongs to you legally. He knows what your blood-bought rights are in
Christ. Best of all, He knows exactly how to enforce them in your
life!

Beloved, when you pray in tongues, you allow the Holy Spirit to
pray perfect prayers through you. He pleads your case before God. He knows where
you have gone wrong and what the root of the problem is. He also has the wisdom,
solution and power to win your case. With the Holy Spirit on your side, you
cannot but come out victorious!

The problem is that people who do
not know their Greek at all and who also do not read their English Bible
Translations at all, connecting the chapters and verses. When Paul wrote “but
when the perfect (end: telieos; having attained the end or purpose, complete,
perfect) comes, the imperfect will pass away” (1 Cor. 13: 10). He also tells us
when this will happen in 1 Cor. 15: 24, where he writes, “"Then comes the end
(telos, from the verb teleo: future tense, meaning to bring to an end, finish,
goal, to the end or goal), when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father
destroying every rule and every authority and power.” The Gifts of the Holy
Spirit will not pass away until the Resurrection of all the dead occurs (1 Cor.
15: 12 – 24). The perfect end will not have occurred until the Resurrection
from the dead and we go to the New Heaven. This is not very difficult for
anybody to understand unless they are in rebellion against God and do not wish
to have the Baptism of Jesus which is called “The Baptism of the Holy Spirit”
with proof of the “signs following” (Mk. 16: 17 – 18) which confirms our
preaching. This also necessitates rewriting or amending what Jesus said to
Nicodemus: “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and of the
Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God” (Jn. 3: 5). They would have to
erase “of the Spirit” which they do in fact because when a person has received
the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, as happened on the Day of Pentecost they were
all speaking in tongues”. This is what I experienced yesterday when we saw over
300+ people receive the Baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking
in tongues. All of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit (Rom. 12: 6 – 8 ; 1 Cor. 12: 8
– 10) are still being distributed by the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 12: 11) as they
have been done continuously throughout the history of the Christian Church. As
one Baptist historian pointed out, the signs, wonders and miracles have been
removed from the history of the Church by historians who do not and did not
believe in signs, wonders and miracles. When given the opportunity to study at
a Seminary which has a excellent library, the truth is found in their books.
There has never been a time in history when the Holy Spirit stopped distributing
the Gifts of the Holy Spirit just as there has never been a time in history when
people have stopped refusing to receive the Holy Spirit and the Gifts of the
Holy Spirit (Lk. 5: 38 – 39). This is not too difficult to understand except by
people who do not want Jesus to be their Lord.

TONGUES IS NOT FOR BELIEVERS?NOW WHAT DOES THE BIBLE REALLY SAY ABOUT IT?Yes, there are some believers who have never received the Gift
of Speaking in other national languages (tongues) and do not have the Gifts of
the Holy Spirit. But, this prevents them from having the kind of relationship
with Jesus and doing the ministry to which we are all called. There is no doubt
that some people hear God speak to them occasionally. But we are supposed to
hear Him speak to us everyday. When Jesus said to each of the Seven Churches in
the Book of Revelation and commanded each of them, "He who has an ear let him
hear what the Spirit says to the Churches" (Rev. 2: 7, 11, 17, 29; 3: 6, 13,
22), He is tell us to listen to the Holy Spirit every day. Hearing occasionally
from God is not what He desires. The Holy Spirit is supposed to speak to us every day. This is
what the Greek says in John 16: 26: "he will teach you all things and bring to
your remembrance all that I have said and done" every day. Not an occasional
time when He can catch our attention. He, the Holy Spirit, is called Counselor
(Grk. defense attorney). He is supposed to be able to "guide you into all the
truth" every day. Being able to hear from God is not supposed to be once in a
while when He can catch our attention. No, all of that changes when we receive
the authentic Baptism of the Holy Spirit with the "signs following" because
speaking in tongues is God's new communications system. Without the "signs" (Mk.
16: 17 - 18) we are not authentic believers (Greek definition defined in the
Greek Lexicon (dictionary). To rely on some teacher who speaks in tongues is not
adequate. People who reject what Jesus wants us to have are deceiving
themselves. It is easy for people to dismiss applying the "adding and taking
away from the Book of Revelation" which is true. But, there is no dismissing
what Paul said to the Corinthian Church who had two groups of people in the
church who did not want to accept the Baptism of the Holy Spirit when he wrote
"I have applied all this to myself and Apollos for your benefit brethren, that
you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be
puffed up (full of pride) in favour of one against the other" (1 Cor. 4: 6).
This means, in an other way, "don't add or take away from the Scriptures". When
a person does this, they appear to be arrogant as if all the work that Jesus has
done for us is not necessary, that in some way or another, I can pick and choose
what I want out of the Scriptures, like some kind of a spiritual smagasbord.
Rejecting the any of the Gifts of the Holy Spirt, especially the
Gift of speaking in national languages (Grk: 1 Cor. 12: 10) is at the least a
subconscious or conscious rejection of God's daily communications system so a
person does not have to listen to what Jesus or our Heavenly Father wants to say
to us every day through the Holy Spirit. This arrogance has led many people away
from their "Normal Christian Life". It reminds me of what happened when God led
the Israelites out of Egypt and up to Mount Sinai. Remember, they did not want
God to speak to them, "Go near, and hear all that the LORD (Yahweh) our God will
say; and speak to us all that the LORD (Yahweh) will speak to you; and we will
hear and do it" (Deut. 5: 27). Our God wants to have a personal speaking relationship with us
daily which He establishes with the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, and as described
on the Day of Pentecost all 120 believers were filled with the Holy Spirit and
had the proof of speaking in new languages. Rejecting, the good Gifts (Lk. 11:
13) of the Holy Spirit demonstrates that people are in rebellion against God's
will and they will use any excuse, like the Israelites, so they will not have to
listen to Him everyday. In the Corinthian Church were were three groups of people:
believers who were Baptized with the Holy Spirit and had the initial gift of
speaking in tongues; unbelievers who were seeking for God; a group of new
believers who rejected the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and Gifts of the Holy
Spirit. These new believers did not have the Holy Spirit and they rejected the
work of the Holy Spirit. The Greek word to describe them is "idiotes" singular,
"idiotoi" plural from which we derive the word "idiot" or "idiots" which
describes "one without professional knowledge, ignorant and common person" which
is the same definition in Greek. These people are what Paul describes when he
wrote, "The unspiritual (psychikos) man does not receive the gifts of the Spirit
of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because
they are spiritually (pneumatikos) discerned" (1 Cor. 2: 14). Unspiritual person
is one who does not have the Holy Spirit and who betrays himself to others who
do by his/her rejection of the the Holy Spirit and His Gifts (1 Cor. 12: 13;
Rom. 12: 6 - 8; 1 Cor. 12: 8 - 10). Such people make their decisions by means of
their human spirit/soul (psyche).James tells us that "but no man can tame the tongue-- a restless
evil, full of deadly poison" (Jas. 3: 8). The only Person who can tame the
tongue and give us "self-control" (Gal. 5:23) is the Holy Spirit and that occurs
when a person receives the authentic Baptism of the Holy Spirit, as happened on
the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2: 4). The operating word is "all" "were filled with
the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues (properly translated:
languages), as the Spirit gave them utterance." The only Person who has ever
been born Who did not need to receive the Baptism of the Holy Spirit in order to
obtain control over His tongue was Jesus. However, He does speak in all
languages (tongues). It is necessary to have all of "the signs following" in order to
prove that we have the Baptism of the Holy Spirit since "all have sinned and
fall short of the glory of God" (Rom. 3: 23). Speaking in "new languages" is
what Jesus said (Mk. 16: 17). Paul called it "the gift of other national
languages" (1 Cor. 12: 10). Some people try to say that there are two different
kinds of tongues languages: one with the Baptism of the Holy Spirit to prove a
person has received the Holy Spirit and a second which they call the Gift of
Tongues. I did some research about this and there is no such distinction make in
the New Testament. This distinction has been made by people who have "made up
some glibberish which they claimed was tongues received only with the Baptism of
the Holy Spirit but they did not have the Gift of Tongues. NO! NO! NO! There is
only one kind of tongues or languages that we receive as initial evidence of the
Baptism of the Holy Spirit and that language is to be used privately in prayer
as well as publicly giving messages to the church which must be interpreted by
someone who has the Gift of Interpretation of tongues. Faking tongues does not allow for changing the truth of the New
Testament. Using counterfeit made up tongues does not ignore the truth. Many
times I have had to tell people that what they were saying was not a language
and prayed with them so they did receive a legitimate tongues language which was
interpreted by someone who had the Gift of Interpretation or who spoke the
languges normally. The languages that are given are real legitimate languages
that are spoken in the world today or in the past. When used according to Paul's
instructions privately (Eph. 6: 18; 1 Cor. 14: 5) and publicly with the "Gift of
Intepretation of Tongues" they will lead sinners to repentance. Through
interpretation of tongues, the Holy Spirit can give praise to God, guidance to
peole, call us to repentance, give prophecy and any information that is required
to help believers serve Jesus Christ effectively. Interpetation of tongues is
for the unbelievers while prophecy is for believers. I do not like using the word "tongues" which is the old English
word for languages because it causes people to think that what the Holy Spirit
is giving us is something that is not a real language. People try to give this
kind of an explanation when they read 1 Cor. 13: 1 where Paul writes, "If I
speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisey gong
or a clanging cymbal", they think that angels speak in languages differently
than we do, which is not true at all. No place in either the Old Testament or
New Testament is there any place where angels spoke anything but languages that
people speak. That's the reason why Paul says "tongues of men and angels". In
Greek this means that both men and angels speak the same languages: that's what
the "and" means. When people have received the authentic Baptism of the Holy
Spirit demonstrated by speaking in a language they have never learned, they not
only can give messages in the language as guided by the Holy Spirit which will
and can be interpreted by people who either speak the language or who have the
Gift of Interpretation of tongues. The Gift of other national languages also
brings healing to the person who prays and speaks in tongues. This is what Paul
meant when he wrote, "He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself" (1 Cor. 14: 4)
without an interpretation of tongues, he was not saying that it was wrong to do
so but that the person was bringing healing to himself. This is in contrast to
the rest of the sentence in which, if there is no interpretation of tongues,
prophecy is for the believers. Anybody who thinks that it is not necessary to "speak in
tongues", the language with which the Holy Spirit gives us "self-control" over
what we say and speak and give testimony about Jesus and what He has done for
us, is absolutely wrong and deceptive. Paul asks some rhetorical questions for
which he gives the answers, among which is this one, "Do all speak in tongues?"
In Greek, he gives the answer before the question which in Greek Grammar is
correct: "No! Do all speak in tongues (languages)? (1 Cor. 12: 30)" He says that
not everybody can speak in tongues because and if they have not received the
Baptism of the Holy Spirit. He goes on to identify two groups of people in the
Corinthian Church and which are found in all or most churches. There were
"outsiders" (RSV) "unlearned" (KJV) and "unbelievers" (1 Cor. 14: 23) both of
whom did not want to receive the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. The first group "unlearned" is a group of uneducated or
uninformed new believers (singular: idiotos; plural: idiotai) who resisted the
Baptism of the Holy Spirit and the necessity to speak in tongues or to accept
any of the other Gifts of the Holy Spirit that comes with the Baptism of the
Holy Spirit (Rom. 12: 6 - 8; 1 Cor. 15: 8 - 10). You will notice that it is from
this word that we derive the word "idiot" or "idiots" which refers to people who
did not have a full understanding of the Gospel and the working of the Holy
Spirit in their lives that was necessary to have the normal Christian Life but
acted as if they knew everything and thought that they could pick and choose
what they wanted to accept from the New Testament Covenant usually trying to
explain away the necessary works of the Holy Spirit but telling people that God
stopped doing what is written in different chapters of the Bible. They are what
I call "spiritual idiots" who for the sake of their traditions (denominations)
make void the word of God ( Matt. 15: 6; Mk. 7: 13). I asked a couple who came for prayer at the Prayer Palace a few
years ago, "What would you like to have prayer for?" The husband answered, "My
wife would like to receive the Baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of
speaking in tongues." I asked him, "Have you received the Baptism of the Holy
Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues?" He answered, "No, but I don't
need that." I asked him, "Are you telling me that you have perfect control over
your tongue whenever you speak and talk?" He replied, "Yes!" I asked his wife,
"Is that true?" She answered, "Only in the widest stretch of his imagination." I
asked him, "Would you like to receive the Baptism of the Holy Spirit with the
evidence of speaking in tongues too?" He smiled and said, "Yes." They prayed
with me as I laid hands on them and both received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit
and fell to the floor speaking in tongues. There is nobody who does not need to receive Salvation and the
Baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues as well as
the other three "signs following" (Mk. 16: 17 - 18) because these signs confirm
our preaching and teaching and are necessary in order for them to be effective
witnesses and do ministry for Jesus Christ. After all, remember that Jesus told
us, "God shows no partiality' (Rom. 2: 11). That means that everybody needs
everything that is included in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. And, Peter,
explaining to the Gentiles in Cornelius' house, explained, "Truly I perceive
that God shows no partiality, but in every nation any one who fears him and does
what is right is acceptable to Him" (Acts 10: 34). The result was that "Peter
was amazed "because the Gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the
Gentiles. For they heard them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter
declared, 'Can anyone forbid water for baptizing these people who received the
Holy Spirit just as we have (Acts 10: 46 - 48)?" There are too many people who want to find excuses for not
receiving the authentic Baptism of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking
in tongues: like its not for everybody or God stopped the Baptism of the Holy
Spirit many centuries ago or other excuses not to serve Jesus. These people do
not know the history of the church of Jesus Christ. Without it, Jesus cannot be
Lord over our lives. But, of course, there are many people who just want Jesus
to be their Savior and no their Lord so they can be what I call "godly
people"but are not "spiritual (Holy Spirit filled) people". And, there are
people who want to protect their family and friends from receiving the Holy
Spirit for fear that the Holy Spirit might lead them to do something that would
be embarrassing to them, like being effective witnesses.Regarding 1 Cor. 12: 29 - 30, not all people in a church can
receive these gifts because of one overlooked fact: Not all people in a church
have received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit nobody can
receive any of the gifts of the Holy Spirit (Rom. 12: 8 - 10; 1 Cor. 12: 10 -
12) nor can they be allowed to be a part of the 5-Fold Ministry (Eph. 4: 11)
which is a different kind of gifting (domata). It is the arrogance of people and
clergy who mistakenly or falsely tell people that they have received the Holy
Spirit when they received salvation which in the Book of Acts only occurred in
the house of Cornelius (Acts 10: 44 - 48). Paul mentions the two groups in the
Corinthian Church who did not receive the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and
therefore could not receive the Gifts and ministries that Paul mentioned (1 Cor.
12: 29 - 30). There were the unbelievers (apistos; apistoi) and outsiders or
unlearned, unknowledgeable new believers (idiotes; idiotai) (1 Cor. 14: 23f) who
by their foolish wisdom rejected the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. The result was
that we have the same problem today in churches where people arrogantly refuse
the Holy Spirit and therefore they cannot have the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. The
proof of whether a believer has received the Holy Spirit is, of course, as Jesus
said, "These signs will follow those who believe" (Mk. 16: 17 - 18; 20). No
signs of the Holy Spirit, no Holy Spirit. They signs of "authenticity". Without
them, not every body can receive the Gifts of the Holy Spirit nor can they be
given the 5-fold Ministry. I hope this is helpful. Please feel free to pass it on to
whomever.Yours in Jesus' Name, Gordon Williams http://gordwilliams.com/The Modern Blasphemy of the Holy SpiritHi Walter: Do you not know about John MacArthur? He is identifying people
who are false apostles, teachers and prophets and who are obviously not doing
the work of the Holy Spirit. He is correct on the one hand but on the other
hand, he blasphemes the Holy Spirit by denying that the Baptism of the Holy
Spirit with the "Signs Following" and the "Gifts of the Holy Spirit" are for
today. And, attributes them to to the devil or demons. He, himself, blasphemes
the Holy Spirit because he cannot identify the legitimate works of the Holy
Spirit. He is a cessationist who believes that the miraculous work of the Holy
Spirit stopped with the first apostles. He is widely known to be against the
legitimate works of the Holy Spirit. Many years ago, a man who did research for
MacArthur, put my first report on the Toronto-so-called blessing on his web
page. He was trying to use my report to substantiate the wrongs in the TACF even
though he did not agree with me about the Holy Spirit. His message, which I
listened to, is about character building and correcting other people's ideas
about the Doctrine of the Trinity. If you listen to it carefullly, he never
refers to the authentic New Testament miraculous works of the Holy Spirit. He
does not have a healing ministry. He is a modern-day Pharisee of whom Jesus
described when he said, "You are wrong because you know neither the scriptures
nor the power of God" (Matt. 22: 29). I was given a collection of his books (3
box full) a couple of years ago but he just doesn't get it. And, of course, he
doesn't know or understand the Holy Spirit and His works. He is a
model-evangelical who has never received the Holy Spirit and operates on a human
understanding. He is best described by Paul, who wrote, "The unspiritual man
(psychikos) does not receive the gifts (things) of the Spirit of God, for they
are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are
spiritually (pneuamtikos) discerned" (1 Cor. 2: 14). I would be very careful
about referring people to him. As the TACF is wrong on the one side, he is
equally wrong on the other side. The truth is in the center with the New
Testament which neither side wants to accept and so they both "blaspheme against
the Holy Spirit". Gordon WilliamsYES THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT ARE FOR THE PROFIT OF ALL MEANS ALL
CAN HAVE THEM 1COR 12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each
one for the profit of all: 12:8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through
the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 12:9 to
another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same
Spirit, 12:10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to
another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another
the interpretation of tongues. 12:11 But one and the same Spirit works all these
things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.OF COURSE UNBELIEVERS NEVER TALK ABOUT THE FACT But the
manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of
all:THE FOOLS TALK ABOUT 12:29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets?
Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? 12:30 Do all have gifts of
healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?THEY PURPOSELY IGNORE PAUL'S COMMAND12:31 But earnestly desire the best gifts. And yet I show you a
more excellent way.14:1 Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially
that you may prophesy. 14:2 For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men
but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks
mysteries. 14:3 But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and
comfort to men. 14:4 He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who
prophesies edifies the church. 14:5 I wish you all spoke with tongues, but even
more that you prophesied; for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks
with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive
edification.SO HOW MANY SO CALLED CHRISTIANS EARNESTLY DESIRE THE BEST GIFTS
AND PURSUE LOVE? VERY FEW? WHY? BECAUSE THEY ARE UNBELIEVERS NOT
BELIEVERS!

Praying in tongues is a way to release the supernatural power of God. When we
pray in the spirit, or pray in tongues, we speak the mysteries of God and pray
the perfect will of God. It is through praying in our heavenly language that the
Holy Spirit is able to make intercession for us in ways that go beyond our
natural understanding. Five ways we can withdraw spiritual resources from our
spirits:

By renewing our minds with the Word.

By using our faith.

By acknowledging all the supernatural resources we
have within our spirits.

By praying in the Spirit.

When we pray in the Spirit, our spirits are praying, but
our minds are unproductive (1 Corinthians 14:14-15, AMP).

The early Christians started praying in tongues when
the Holy Spirit came upon them on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:4; Acts
10:46).

They spoke in foreign languages they didn’t know
(Acts 2:6-11).

Foreigners who heard these Christians praying
understood their own dialects as they were spoken by the Christians, and they
heard these people speak about the mighty works of God.

Early Believers also received power by the laying
on of hands (Acts 19:6, 7; Acts 8:18).

Jesus commissioned all Believers to operate in
the same power He did. This was also demonstrated by the early Believers (Mark
16:15-18).

Benefits of praying in the Spirit:

When we pray in the Spirit, we renew our strength (1
Corinthians 14:4).

Praying in the Spirit helps us make spiritual
progress (Jude 1:20).

Earnest, heartfelt prayer draws power out of us
(James 5:16, AMP).

When we pray in the Spirit, we pray effectively for
the unknown.

The Holy Spirit Himself intercedes for us when we
pray in the Spirit (Romans 8:26).

When we pray in the Spirit, we pray the will of
God. The Holy Spirit makes everything work out for our good (Romans 8:27-28).

When we pray in the Spirit, we draw from the
supernatural resources within our spirits (Philippians 1:19, 20).

There is supernatural wisdom on the inside of us.
However, we must know how to draw it out (Proverbs 20:5; Proverbs 18:4; Proverbs
10:11).

When we speak in tongues, we speak mysteries (1
Corinthians 14:2).

Praying in the Spirit ushers us into the supernatural
realm where other gifts begin to manifest.